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the 85th academy awards, oscars are being polished and i'll be here sunday night to cover it for cnn. kim masters joins us. where are you with us? a lot of good movies this year. a lot of conjecture about who may win. >> unlike other years, it it doesn't seem like everything is a lock. the year that forest whitt ker won every award under the sun. this year some of the key categories could go a couple different ways. that could be the final thing that the academy needs to breakthrough and get ratings back. it's not about skewing younger or having a younger host or opening up the best picture category. it's about a little unpredictability. >> they are using the success of the musical-related stuff. what do you think is skewing it towards more musical performance? >> i hear the length is quite long. and i think they are talking about closing the show with a duet with kristen chen witch and seth mccar far lan. >> i think it will be amazing. you have to point. the musical stuff is fine, but if you're skewing it to a younger demographic, is it sensible? >> they are balancing it with the cas
the 85th academy awards, oscars are being polished and i'll be here sunday night to cover it for cnn. kim masters joins us. where are you with us? a lot of good movies this year. a lot of conjecture about who may win. >> unlike other years, it it doesn't seem like everything is a lock. the year that forest whitt ker won every award under the sun. this year some of the key categories could go a couple different ways. that could be the final thing that the academy needs to breakthrough and...
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hey, congressman, dana bash, cnn. we took an informal survey. do you think you should take a cut as a member of congress? >> certainly. we're all in this together, suffering together. >> reporter: most lawmakers in both parties say yes. would you take a pay cut? >> absolutely. let's make sure we are doing our part as well. >> reporter: but cutting lawmakers' pay now is not so easy. the 27th amendment prohibits members of congress from changing their pay until after the next election. they can get creative. write checks to the charity or the treasury. ironically, some tea party backed party lawmakers are reluctant to give up their own pay. do you think members of congress should take a pay cut? >> i don't think some of i don't think we should raise our pay. >> republican billy long elected to cut washington spending. >> it's such a miniscule part, it wouldn't have an effect. >> reporter: would you take a pay cut as well. michele bachmann asked that question, talking several times only about her staff, not her. >> we'd like to keep everybody on th
hey, congressman, dana bash, cnn. we took an informal survey. do you think you should take a cut as a member of congress? >> certainly. we're all in this together, suffering together. >> reporter: most lawmakers in both parties say yes. would you take a pay cut? >> absolutely. let's make sure we are doing our part as well. >> reporter: but cutting lawmakers' pay now is not so easy. the 27th amendment prohibits members of congress from changing their pay until after the...
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we've got much more ahead on cnn saturday morning which starts right now. >>> good morning to you, hope you're having a great one so far. i'm susan hendricks. randi and victor are off today. it's 7:00 on the east coast. >>> you know the olympic hero known as blade runner is spending the weekend in jail until his bond hearing on tuesday. we're talking about oscar pistorius, he's charged with killing his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp on valentine's day. the reality show is still set to premiere tonight in south africa. listen. >> i'm talking mansions, butlers, sparkling turquoise waters of jamaica. welcome to tropika island of treasure. but paradise is not all that it seems. >> earl barnette joins us now on the phone. and her family is speaking out about this horrible loss. what are they saying? >> well, the family is understandably grieving. and they're wanting privacy from the media during this very difficult and tragic time for them. they won't be appreciative of the fact that the producers behind tropika island paradise five are going ahead with plans to air the reality show, premi
we've got much more ahead on cnn saturday morning which starts right now. >>> good morning to you, hope you're having a great one so far. i'm susan hendricks. randi and victor are off today. it's 7:00 on the east coast. >>> you know the olympic hero known as blade runner is spending the weekend in jail until his bond hearing on tuesday. we're talking about oscar pistorius, he's charged with killing his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp on valentine's day. the reality show is...
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pistorius invited cnn to his room in 2008 when these pictures were taken, and cnn is told steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door, and authorities say afterwards, pistorius carried her down these stairs while she was still alive. questions still remain over reports of a bloodied cricket bat found at the scene. was it used to attack steenkamp? did she use it to defend herself? or did oscar use it to break down the bathroom door after the shooting? and there are reports by the local media that police had found steroids at the house which authorities have not commented on to cnn. as the legal process now begins against the man known as blade runner, all of oscar's future races have been canceled. he was scheduled to run in australia, brazil, the u.s., the uk, and russia. and while pistorius is in court on tuesday for a bail hearing, reeva's family said there will be a memorial service for her as producers of her reality show released this farewell message from her, meant to be on her cast, but now becomes her last good-bye. >> i take home with me so many amazing memories and
pistorius invited cnn to his room in 2008 when these pictures were taken, and cnn is told steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door, and authorities say afterwards, pistorius carried her down these stairs while she was still alive. questions still remain over reports of a bloodied cricket bat found at the scene. was it used to attack steenkamp? did she use it to defend herself? or did oscar use it to break down the bathroom door after the shooting? and there are reports by the local...
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his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pistorius is the one and only blade runner. a world champion sprinter, double amputee, a paralympian and olympian who continues to shatter records as we saw in london this summer. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> how does it feel to be an inspiration for literally people who are disabled the entire world over? >> i think it's a massive blessing. i have been very privileged to be given a talent and over the last seven or eight years i have worked hard on working on it and making sure i can be the best athlete i can be, and obviously being an international sportsman is a lot of responsibility that comes with it. you have to remember there are kids who look up to you, is definitely something you have to keep at the back of your mind. >> what somebody said to me, th
his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pistorius is the one and only blade runner. a world champion sprinter, double amputee, a paralympian and olympian who continues to shatter records as we saw in london this summer....
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cnn's phil black joins me now. and the shock wave blew out windows, injured around 1,000 people, it really looked like a scene from a movie. how were they feeling and coping today there? >> reporter: well, they're recovering, susan, slowly but steadily. most of the damage, although quite widespread is not serious. it's largely windows, glasses that were sprayed and broken. some buildings lost a few, some lost most of them, some lost not at all. a few buildings have much more serious examples of damage like the ice rink behind me. there locals say that section of the wall was actually blown in by that shock wave from the meteor. but the cleanup and recovery operation is very much underway and it's likely within a week or so there aren't going to be too many scars from the close encounter. the people, themselves, they're recovering slowly, as well. we now around 1,000 of them suffered physical injuries. most of them, in fact, all of them not very serious. what they talk about is the fear, the terror of those few mome
cnn's phil black joins me now. and the shock wave blew out windows, injured around 1,000 people, it really looked like a scene from a movie. how were they feeling and coping today there? >> reporter: well, they're recovering, susan, slowly but steadily. most of the damage, although quite widespread is not serious. it's largely windows, glasses that were sprayed and broken. some buildings lost a few, some lost most of them, some lost not at all. a few buildings have much more serious...
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his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pistorius is the one and only blade runner. a world champion sprinter, double amputee, a paralympian and olympian who continues to shatter records as we saw in london this summer. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> how does it feel to be an inspiration for literally people who are disabled the entire world over? >> i think it's a massive blessing. i have been very privileged to be given a talent and over the last seven or eight years i have worked hard on working on it and making sure i can be the best athlete i can be, and obviously being an international sportsman is a lot of responsibility that comes with it. you have to remember there are kids who look up to you, is definitely something you have to keep at the back of your mind. >> what somebody said to me, th
his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pistorius is the one and only blade runner. a world champion sprinter, double amputee, a paralympian and olympian who continues to shatter records as we saw in london this summer....
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cnn has confirmed that mccready committed suicide. she shot herself at her home. outside her successful career she struggled with addiction and mental illness even greeing to be treated on a tv reality show. sports history has been written and another boys club is no more. danica patrick became the first woman to win the poll position for the daytona 500. i spoke with her and she talked about this win breaking gender barrie barriers. >> i love that to go beyond racing it in general. just to break gender barriers, i feel one of the coolest things is to think that parents and their kids are having that conversation at home about it. i've heard stories about a kid saying but mom, dad, that's a girl that's out there racing. th then they can have that conversation to say you can do what you want to do. your passion matters. >> danica where share the front road with jeff gordon. >>> florida senator marco rubio ka calling the white house plan dead on rival. those are you headlines. >>> welcome back to this special "piers morgan tonight." i'm ashleigh banfield in for pier
cnn has confirmed that mccready committed suicide. she shot herself at her home. outside her successful career she struggled with addiction and mental illness even greeing to be treated on a tv reality show. sports history has been written and another boys club is no more. danica patrick became the first woman to win the poll position for the daytona 500. i spoke with her and she talked about this win breaking gender barrie barriers. >> i love that to go beyond racing it in general. just...
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. >> except, remember something too, part of what you see when you turn on cnn or other stations are people in america projecting their cultural kind of assumptions on to south africa. i saw somebody the other night, may have been on this show say, well, he didn't call 911, which factually was not correct. they have something there. but the person he would have called is perfectly normal according to people i know in south africa, is who you would call. so it is not the american system. but i think this guy has a pretty good defense, based on what i talked to, people in south africa, his kind of paranoia, his fear of crime, i don't think that's something that is so outlandish. >> mark, let me ask you, the prosecutor has been trying to portray pistorius as a flight risk. the fact that he doesn't recognize his crime, the idea that he is prone to violence. do you think that a solid argument against bail? >> no, i think the opposite. i think what the magistrate replied, is why wouldn't he have every incentive in the world to clear his name. and he's got a very able defense team. i think
. >> except, remember something too, part of what you see when you turn on cnn or other stations are people in america projecting their cultural kind of assumptions on to south africa. i saw somebody the other night, may have been on this show say, well, he didn't call 911, which factually was not correct. they have something there. but the person he would have called is perfectly normal according to people i know in south africa, is who you would call. so it is not the american system....
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the family telling cnn they will be watching him closely during this time. this was just a bail hearing filled with emotion, conflict and overwhelming public interest here setting the scene for the the trial of a revered home country athlete who is charged with the premeditated murder of a young, beautiful model both with a promising life in front of them. no trial date has been set. >> robyn joins us along with diane mccarthy. diane, you were in court today. take us inside. what was it like in there? >> the first thing i can tell you is it was very, very hot. it was very tense and it was very hot. we were all clustered together in this quite small courtroom. together with this emotion that was just sort of reverberating off the walls, everybody was sweating, tense, whispering, quiet. >> robyn, that's quite a loquatious judge, he spoke for two hours. is that par for the course for a bail hearing in south africa? >> you know, this whole bail hearing has taken on the facade of the trial within the trial. we have been gripped by all the forensic details and als
the family telling cnn they will be watching him closely during this time. this was just a bail hearing filled with emotion, conflict and overwhelming public interest here setting the scene for the the trial of a revered home country athlete who is charged with the premeditated murder of a young, beautiful model both with a promising life in front of them. no trial date has been set. >> robyn joins us along with diane mccarthy. diane, you were in court today. take us inside. what was it...
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as we've been telling you, right now, live picture, exclusive to cnn. if you want to see when the triumph gets into dock, have you to watch it right here. tell one, tell all. i'm sorry if you've heard me say that, i have to assume some viewers are just tuning in. >>> right now we're going to deal with the charred remains found in the burned out can
as we've been telling you, right now, live picture, exclusive to cnn. if you want to see when the triumph gets into dock, have you to watch it right here. tell one, tell all. i'm sorry if you've heard me say that, i have to assume some viewers are just tuning in. >>> right now we're going to deal with the charred remains found in the burned out can
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cnn's robyn curnow was in the courtroom today. she's "outfront" in johannsburg tonight. robyn, let me ask you about the testosterone first. there's been a lot of talk about that speculation, about whether he could have been on testosterone or steroids and this could have been some sort of a roid rage. how did the defense respond to the prosecution talking about those boxes of prosecution? >> they kind of took down the investigating officer quite quickly, because they said to him in this quite amusing exchange for the court as they watched it, they said, well, how do you know this is testosterone? and the investigating officer said, well, i just read the label. and he said, well, have you had it tested yet? and he said, no, no, not yet, we're still testing the substance. and oscar pistorius's lawyer said, if you went to any pharmacist, you could have found this is a herbal medication. >> let's talk about the other claim that could potentially be damning. the prosecutor says they have witnesses who heard nonstop shouting that appeared to be coming from the pistorius home.
cnn's robyn curnow was in the courtroom today. she's "outfront" in johannsburg tonight. robyn, let me ask you about the testosterone first. there's been a lot of talk about that speculation, about whether he could have been on testosterone or steroids and this could have been some sort of a roid rage. how did the defense respond to the prosecution talking about those boxes of prosecution? >> they kind of took down the investigating officer quite quickly, because they said to him...
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as we've been telling you, right now, live picture, exclusive to cnn. if you want to see when the triumph gets into dock, have you to watch it right here. tell one, tell all. i'm sorry if you've heard me say that, i have to assume some viewers are just tuning in. >>> right now we're going to deal with the charred remains found in the burned out cabin in the san bernardino mountains, have been positively identified as christopher dorner's. the sheriff's office says the i.d. was made through dental records. that puts one big question to rest. though the investigation is ongoing. randi kaye joins me from big bear, california. i know you spoke to the man who was carjacked by christopher dorner. does he want the reward money? $1 million out there. >> reporter: good evening, chris. he certainly does want that money. he called the sheriff's deputy right after christopher dorner put a gun in his face and stole his truck. he said there's no doubt he deserves that money. it's his call that led police to his whereabouts. there's specific wording. the reward will b
as we've been telling you, right now, live picture, exclusive to cnn. if you want to see when the triumph gets into dock, have you to watch it right here. tell one, tell all. i'm sorry if you've heard me say that, i have to assume some viewers are just tuning in. >>> right now we're going to deal with the charred remains found in the burned out cabin in the san bernardino mountains, have been positively identified as christopher dorner's. the sheriff's office says the i.d. was made...
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cnn the most trusted name in news. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. >>> welcome back to this special "piers morgan tonight." i'm ashleigh banfield in for piers. while the triumph cruise ship inched back to shore, another story just as riveting makes news around the world. it is that of oscar pistorius, the paralympic star accused in the valentine's day murder of his girlfriend. pistorius sat down with piers last year for a candid and surprising one-on-one interview. we're going to bring it to you in just a moment. first, the case against a man who became known as the blade runner. oscar pistorius stands in the packed courtroom openly weeping as he faces the shocking charge. a national hero in south africa, the olympic athlete known as the blade runner, is accused of
cnn the most trusted name in news. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. >>> welcome back to this special "piers morgan tonight." i'm ashleigh banfield in for piers. while the...
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cnn alina cho looks at what makes him stand out. baby faced and adorable, alexander wang is something of a phenom. the creative force behind his own brand, the new creative director of european fashion house, a coveted job that when he landed it sent shockwaves through the industry. you're 29. >> you know, if i'm not doing it now, i'm not going to do it at any other point. >> reporter: wang started at his label at age 20. with the idea of creating a modern dress down uniform. he even coined the phrase to describe it, model off duty. who's the alex wang girl? >> you know, it's always this idea of elevating the every day. >> reporter: wang's business is now worth an estimated $80 million. with 15 stores worldwide. and a new collaboration with samsung. >> i think he's definitely talented. but many people are talented. he has a clarity. >> reporter: you basically came out of the womb wanting to be a fashion designer, didn't you? >> i mean, not right out of the womb. >> reporter: well, close -- >> since he was 4, yeah, he hold "vogue" ma
cnn alina cho looks at what makes him stand out. baby faced and adorable, alexander wang is something of a phenom. the creative force behind his own brand, the new creative director of european fashion house, a coveted job that when he landed it sent shockwaves through the industry. you're 29. >> you know, if i'm not doing it now, i'm not going to do it at any other point. >> reporter: wang started at his label at age 20. with the idea of creating a modern dress down uniform. he...